Lakewood shooting

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

At 8:14 a.m. Nov. 29, 2009, four Lakewood Police Department officers were gunned down at the Forza Coffee Co. shop in Parkland, Washington.

Sgt. Mark Renninger and officers Tina Griswold, Ronald Owens and Greg Richards were killed as they prepared for their Sunday shifts. Maurice Clemmons, a convicted felon, was identified as the shooter and a massive manhunt was launched.

Clemmons was shot and killed by a Seattle police officer two days later.

This special section features stories related to the tragedy, with the most recent stories appearing first.

For the second time in a month, a Pierce County judge has refused a request by The Seattle Times and other news organizations, including The News Tribune, to release more than 2,000 pages of law-enforcement reports and other records about the fatal shootings of four Lakewood police officers last...

The trial of Latanya Clemmons began Monday in Pierce County Superior Court, but it was the sins of her brother that took center stage. Deputy prosecutors Stephen Penner and Kevin McCann called 10 witnesses to the stand to recount Maurice Clemmons’ actions inside a Forza Coffee Co. shop in...

People congregated Thursday at Lakewood City Hall for a live broadcast of a candlelight vigil held in Washington, D.C., to honor the nation’s fallen law enforcement officers. The crowd of about 100, including several Lakewood police officers, milled in front of three large screens.
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The South Sound has showered the families of four slain Lakewood police officers with love, support and money. But the community’s generosity is not so spent that it can’t afford one more gift: the benefit of the doubt.

The families of three slain Lakewood police officers decided today to abandon their claims for damages against Pierce County after the public unleashed a torrent of criticism against them.
• The benefits the families are getting